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"The overt homosexual–and those who are identifiable probably represent no more than half of the total–has become such an obtrusive part of the New York scene that the phenomenon needs public discussion, in the opinion of a number of legal and medical experts."

---From a December 17, 1963 New York Times article, under the headline "Growth of Overt Homosexuality Provokes Wide Concern: Condition Can be Prevented or Cured, Many Experts say"

"I live in Seattle with my partner and son. Preventing us from marrying harms my child and does nothing to protect Jeff Kemp's. So in my darker moments I find myself hoping that one day Mr. Kemp will, like Randall Terry or Alan Keyes, find himself listening to one of his children explain that he is gay."

---From a February 17, 2005 New York Times op-ed piece by sex columnist Dan Savage, under the headline "The Gay Child Left Behind"